Firefighters from Knoxville City and the Knoxville Township Rural Fire Departments battled single digit temperatures and light winds as they worked to extinguish a trailer home fire at Wheel Estates this morning.
At approximately 10AM crews were paged to lot 39 in the trailer court. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the windows of the trailer when crews arrived. All occupants were reported safe. The Knoxville Police Department assisted at the scene.
Knoxville Fire Chief Jim Mitchell tells KNIA/KRLS News that a child under the age of 5 playing with a lighter is suspected as causing the fire.
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